Technique: terracotta half-bust Dimensions: 41x33x23 cm Signed on the right side The sculpture depicts a young country boy (the title is the author's) wearing a large floppy hat, an open jacket that highlights on his bare chest 'lu bbreve' (in Abruzzese vernacular), a particular amulet consisting of a bag made of scraps of cloth containing religious elements, both pagan and Christian, to be worn around the neck with a lace made of cloth. Bibliography: Franco Di Tizio, Costantino Barbella, Chieti, M. Solfanelli, 1991; The Costantino Barbella Art Museum. Catalogue, edited by Bianca Maria De Luca and others, s.l., Edizioni Grafiche Italiane, 1992 Costantino Barbella. From idea to form: 61 sketches and 33 sculptures with an introduction by Vittorio Sgarbi edited by Raffaella Cordisco, Federica D'Amato, Pasquale Del Cimmuto, Augusto Di Luzio - Edizioni Ianieri, 2015